How do I prevent the fell from coming un-stitched?

[RockyR]

1. have it custom made so that the waist and hips are angled to fit your body (sounds like your hips are bigger than what the kilt is made for).

2. keep the hip strap loose so that it puts less pressure on the bottom of the fell when you sit.

[Kilted KT]

1. have it custom made so that the waist and hips are angled to fit your body (sounds like your hips are bigger than what the kilt is made for).

2. keep the hip strap loose so that it puts less pressure on the bottom of the fell when you sit.

thanks a ton! I've got a hand-made scotish MacTavish that I really didn't want to ruin...now I know how!

[fluter]

I have a similar shape. Currently 34" waist, 41" hips, hopefully in a year it'll be more like 32/39 but the ratio remains.

Do any hip-endowed Stillwater customers have experience/advice to offer?

I have a SWK economy, which looks like it will work out fine as the fell is not stitched down. I'm contemplating sewing it by hand to give a little taper.

The Hunting McLeod SWK standard has been calling to me, though. Wonder whether I could get into it without heavy tailoring? The photos make the SWK standard and heavyweight look as though they are cut for someone a lot more tubular than I am.

I did email SWK, and Jerry replied within about 10 milleseconds. But he didn't say exactly what kind of ratio their target is, just might be a problem and I could try one on their usual terms. Which is a great deal; I'm impressed enough with the economy to give it a shot...

1. have it custom made so that the waist and hips are angled to fit your body (sounds like your hips are bigger than what the kilt is made for).

I'm taking that excellent advice: I should be in Rocky's waiting list.